Show tt + YT + TVT I f The Monarch of Bobo11 tt h By WILL LISENBEE A + + v cc 11 Copyright by Shortatory Pub Co Brown able seaman was Solomon theories Theso did not flirted to harmonize with existing T s lad but > to him It was all tho worse 1 listing things Had ho turned r attention to thoso simple duties r at tall to the man betoro the mast I have been well But he al 1 i might e red himself to be carried away bye abstractions of theories One of e proclaimed that certain men I eseT appointed by Destiny to rule ere elr fellow men another that he ° i 101l10n Brown was one of those fa Destiny These theories con red 1 by A cted with the convictions held by Cx feet Nelson of the Petrel and when onion Urown stirred up a mutiny ere was an encounter between law r I authority and a theory in which ie of the mates was wounded and a e captain lost a piece of his ear theory lost I he The affair provoked Capt Nelson toe II to-e employment of a vigorous antidote II r the mutinous spirit Instead of acing the leader In Irons to bo cared car-ed to port for trial ho set him hore on the island of Bobo an un I ailed piece of land lying in the uth Pacificleaving him a supply l provisions by which he might sus n i life and thereby have the oppor tS ally to nurse the remorse which i as the price of the promulgation of tenable theories Some months later when the PetrelS Petrel-S inched at Melbourne after a voyage itong Kong Capt Nelson paid his t spects to Mrs Brown wife of the r arooncd mutineer When he had ex ox ot t returned in tho Petrel but had G sn set ashore on a faraway island i meditate on the evils of mutiny t fully expected to have a flood of proach poured on his head bat h1 thing of the sort occurred She tened to the story with calm to r islvlty and when It was finished marked that she hoped that her hus Y uids enforced sojourn on the island Iy auld cure him of his appetltp for iii og i and ended by Inviting the cap mi4 n i to remain for dinner mj So It happened that when the Petrel east eel peed anchor In the little bgy at f uu jobo just eight months after depos let ng Drown on its shore the wife of IN 0 mutineer stood on the deck with apt Nelson and watched tho lower g of the boat which was to bring husband back to tho ship She stood leaning on the rail as the plain and a dozen or BO of the crew itered the boat and sped shoreward d It was only after the men had ached shore and vanished from sight batt I it she called the mate and asked n bl lril i be taken ashore that she might andS eet her husband and surprise him ithla ffore he reached the ship 311 Meantime having gone ashore the aid plain and his men began to search r ha marooned mutineer Failing discover any traces of him In the laity of where ho had been left er proceeded Inland making their 1 aj through clumps of dense tropical ies age Merging from n thick clump of an the little party came Into ann 1 Cr an-n i valley A cluster of palm huts nip sieon their vision and of a sudden Ton e whole valley was swarming with ftil i fflerce black warlike lifea II to of hideous savages As if they been lying 1 In ambush for the ad tturers they sprang like magic na hollow rock and thicket With swift maneuver they cut off the re pst of the captains men and ad need In solid lines 10 a twinkling they were made pils ers and ushered into n larg stock e In the center of the enclosure s an immense palm structure ando to this the prisoners were led As i ey entered they glanced about them 1 then stood stock still with amaze at U one end of tho building on art a-rt of raised platform ornate with baric decorations a dignified per sage sat on a throne of gaudy Kt The homage paid to him by e concourse of blacks proclaimed 11 a king but it required no second Wc for the captain and his men to Prize In the monarch of Bobo tho nlllar features of Solomon Browne Brown-E e mutineer He surveyed tho astonished group kit countrymen with a scrutiny be ting the dignity of a king but hoe ° ho-e DQ sign of recognition bt6k The captain essayed to speak but e e1 mutineer stopped him with uTe u-Te of the hand The d king is about to speak ho and when tho monarch of Bobo t Us his mouth even the winds are ent In He took no heed of the look of dls st t oa the captains face but calmly Jut eeded pv In the king of Bobo you see a justl thI Uon of the theories promulgated Tour former shipmate tho unfor ate nale Solomon Brown His canton ia that he was appointed by Des IM Ttn rUle was spurned by his asso ut ea TO him this proved nothing lJi Came WalkU for llls opportunity came the sthe e It seems like tho Irony of rill that the very blow that was stati 10 ore destroy his last hope should iCt Tate him > to Ie the throne ° ri paused and regarded his au With h lofty contempt There 1 was a sinister look on his face a look that revealed an Inflexible and merci less purpose Capt Nelson made no reply In the throw of Destiny the dice had turned against him Ho could frame no words of apology for what he had done even If he had been disposed to sue for clemency I see you recognize me went on I I the monarch of folio with a hideous leer but the hand of oppression has cut the bonds of friendship between us When you set me on this Island to be eaten up by solitude or the na tives that was jour day Today is mine I rejoice that It Is so Soon after you left me hero I fell In with H band of natives and they made mo a prisoner They took me to their village and when tley had sized mo up they came to the conclusion that the most profitable thing to be done was to barbecue me That was not a pleasant situationfor me It set my mind to work Something must be done and the Incentive to do It was prodigious Hero was a chance to show Caucasian superiority over the darkskinned progeny of Ham The mere appetite for food when not rein forced by actual starvation Is not the strongest of human desires Man will often neglect the calls of his stomach to provide entertainment the mind A brilliant thought came to ma By furnishing entertainment for my cap tors 1 might Induce them to postpone their Intended feast By some skilful sleight ofhand tricks I gained their attention As I proceeded they grew more and more enthralled I put forth all my skill and went on and on They pressed about me Their Interest grew Into amazement amazement Into wonder won-der and wonder into superstitious awe From that moment ail thoughts of the barbecue were forgotten It Is a long step from a fricassee to a throne but before the sun had set they made me their king It was the victory of the mind over the mind They placed before me all the wealth of the tribe They feasted me they prostrated themselves before me and endowed mo with nine wives As the monarch of hobo my word Is law The captains face was a study In humiliation and anger but ho knew ho could say nothing to help tho cause of himself and shipmates And the monarch of Bobo reclining on his tawdry throne smoked a pipe of prodigious size in silence He did not see the face that was glued to an opening In the structure nor the pair of sclntlllant eyes that was fixed upon him But even as he ceased speaking a form pushed through the opening and entered the enclosure As the curious gaze of the monarch rested on the figure his small eyes blinked with sudden energy Ho arose and peered before him his face walking with emotion Then as he recognized the stern Implacable features of his wife Ills form became rigid us If transfixed with terror His face paled and ho tried to speak but only a gurgling sound Issued from his throat And straight toward the throne tho woman marched the wonderstilcken blacks falling back to let her pass She never paused till she stood before the trembling monarch Then slopping she fixed on him a look of withering scornA fine spectacle you are making of yourself with these niggers she said with suppressed wrath A fine husband hus-band you are to let jour lawful wife shift for herself while you play king to a lot of apes Manila ho faltered but she checked him with a gesture of contempt con-tempt Dont you dare speak till I aw done she warned I have heard every word you said So while I have been at home working like a slave pinching and saving you have been taking your ease playing king wlih a lot of niggers and boasting of nine wlvesOh Her voice rose to a shriek and she made a grab for the monarchs car It was a joke Manda he cried dodging about the throne I tell you it was all a Joke you never could take a joke A joke was It she fairly screamed You dare tell me that Ill make It a dear joke for you before with Solomon Brown Im done you Dont you dare to say a word back she warned as he essayed to speak Order those niggers to release these with me back and come men at once hear to the ship Do you Manda he said I am Yesyes Ho ready to do anything you say a signal to the natives and they made and fell back released the prisoners Mrs Brown took the monarchs Then Nelson and followed by Capt arm from the place and his men marched Solomon And thus fell the dynasty of Solomon Brown lIe never sailed In the Petrel again wellpatronized sailors inn There Is a well where both Capt Nel Melborune In often repair when In and his crow son Itliis presided over byMrs It port whilom mutineer and Brown and the only as of Bobo who figures monarch finds little time to promulgate porter in those abstrac or indulge theories tions which hatch mutiny and unfulfilled unful-filled dreams of power |